There was only one thing I missed about the old CTH subreddit, and that was that we would occasionally get a lost lib that would stumble in and start calling us Putin lovers or some shit. It was always really funny watching them expect to bring the reddit debate shit in only to be completely not be taken seriously at all.

Well, they’re back baby!

RUZZIA! data-laughing

  • comfy@lemmy.mlEnglish
    45·
    11 months ago

    It’s a rhetorical technique known as the PPB sandwich. Bait them with productive counterpoints, hit them with the ppb, then soften the exit with further civil discussion.

    Soon enough we will be seeing it within single replies.

    • TreadOnMe [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
      36·
      11 months ago

      And then, if they pull some classic, ‘Oh I just wanted to help you, but clearly you are too far gone’ you really barbeque them, because it’s funny.